Alexander Graham Doggart, JP (2 June 1897 – 7 June 1963) was an English

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er,

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and

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. Doggart was born in

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. He was educated at Darlington Grammar School and

Bishop's Stortford College Bishop's Stortford College is a private boarding and day school in the English public school tradition for more than 1,200 pupils aged 4–18, situated in a campus on the edge of the market town of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England ...

, an

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in the historic

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, followed by

King's College, Cambridge King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a List of colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces ...

. He saw active service in the Army during the

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, before going to university. He played cricket as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler for

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(1919–1922) (where he was awarded a "

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" in 1921 and 1922), Durham in 1924 and

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in 1925. He was a useful footballer as an inside-forward. He appeared in the Cambridge football XI in 1920 and 1921, gained a full international cap for

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, captaining the team versus

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on 1 November 1923, and took part in four Amateur Internationals. He was a leading forward for the Corinthians, scoring the goal by which they defeated

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in Round 1 of the

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in January 1924. He also represented Bishop Auckland F.C. and the Casuals F.C. He played for the "Amateurs" in the 1929 FA Charity Shield. He played twice for

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

in the

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. He was a committee member of

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and of the full M.C.C. Committee. He was also a successful football administrator and served as the Chairman of the F.A. from 1961 to 1963. He died suddenly while chairing the annual meeting of the Football Association at Lancaster Gate, Bayswater. He was 66. His brother Jimmy Doggart became a distinguished

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and his eldest son

Hubert Doggart George Hubert Graham Doggart (18 July 1925 – 16 February 2018) was an English sports administrator, first-class cricketer and schoolmaster. Background Doggart was born into a sporting family at Earl's Court, London, the elder son of the ...

became a successful cricketer, administrator and

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References

External links

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